Written communication
Research on written communication is an interdisciplinary
field bringing together work in sociology,
bibliometrics, rhetoric, composition studies and discourse analysis, among other fields.
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Journal: Written Communication.
An
International Quarterly of Research, Theory, and Application.
Thousand Oaks, CA:
Sage
Publications, 1984-.
http://www.sagepub.com/journal.aspx?pid=24
Birger Hjørland
Last edited: 12-05-2006